The Primal wallet is now the next conrol-alt-delete in my list of lightning wallets that have failed for me (WoS, Pheonix, Mutiny). Being a custodial wallet is one thing, but the backend magic with Strike and Apple is sus and I'm now convinced that any bitcoin held in a Primal wallet is no different that holding a bitcoin ETF. To be fair, this compromise is likely due to Apple's walled-garden, but Primal's wallet is not the solution. New Nostr users have better options today than a year ago (Coinos being a great example). No doubt we will need more privacy conscious bitcoiners talking about this for Primal to even think about revising their system, so hopefully this post can encourage that conversation. Getting off Apple is also another necessary discussion...

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Long story but haven't been impressed with Alby so far.

We're big proponents of Alby Hub. If you've tried that and it hasn't worked for you, we'd be really interested in how rizful.com works for you -- it's similar to Alby Hub in some respects but is built on a very different tech stack.

i dont use primal,,, but im not sure whats wrong with it.

for safe measures just say FAKE&GAY™

If you want a simple better version of custodial lightning, ecash is the way. Try minibits

ecash is awesome! 🥜